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Action needed as AMR in the spotlight
Tuesday | Nov 18 2025AS WORLD AMR Awareness Week (WAAW) launches today, stakeholders and policymakers who play a critical role in reducing the spread of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) are promoting global action to tackle the emergence and spread of drug-resistant pathogens.
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Heart disease no longer #1 killer
Tuesday | Nov 18 2025DATA released last week by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has named dementia as the leading cause of death in Australia, overtaking ischaemic heart diseases.
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Chronic disease socio-economic link complex
Tuesday | Nov 18 2025AN ANALYSIS of 2021 Australian census data has shown that socioeconomic position is a major risk factor for chronic disease, but the direction, magnitude and consistency of the effect differs by disease, socioeconomic measure, age and sex.
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Is a cure for asthma in the pipeline?
Tuesday | Nov 18 2025A NEW Medical Journal of Australia supplement sets out the first evidence-based roadmap for curing asthma, with AI, epigenetics and next-generation molecular biology converging to go beyond putting asthma in remission and make disease reversal plausible.
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Vic GPs warn against pharmacist care
Monday | Nov 17 2025VICTORIAN GPs are urging patients to consult with their regular GP, rather than going to a pharmacist "for a 'quick fix' that may not address the real problem".
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Hospital pharmacist oversight crucial
Monday | Nov 17 2025RESEARCH conducted in a Victorian hospital found that two-thirds of patients with discharge prescriptions required intervention by pharmacists, raising concerns about patient safety if hospital pharmacist review is bypassed.
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AdPha highlights 2025 achievements
Monday | Nov 17 2025ADVANCED Pharmacy Australia (AdPha) has released its 2025 Annual Report, highlighting the major achievements that have helped to advance the profession for pharmacists and technicians.
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Diabetes progress celebrated
Friday | Nov 14 2025TODAY marks World Diabetes Day, where people living with all types of diabetes, healthcare professionals and advocates unite to raise awareness about the disease.
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Guild goes behind the scenes
Friday | Nov 14 2025THE National Pharmaceutical Services Association (NPSA) recently invited Branch Committee members and senior representatives from the Pharmacy Guild of Australia, Queensland, to a medicine distribution centre, enabling them to see the operations of the medicine supply chain firsthand.
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Pharmacy forecast released
Thursday | Nov 13 2025ADVANCED Pharmacy Australia (AdPha) has released the fifth edition of Pharmacy Forecast Australia (PFA25), taking a look at emerging trends and phenomena across mental health care, advanced therapeutics, AI use in healthcare and workforce development.
